Oil-can or other liquid-receptacle



(No Model.)

T. A. SOHLUETER.

OIL GAN OR OTHER LIQUID RBGEPTAG-LE N0. 493,8'7'7y Patented Mar. 21,1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE A. SOI-ILUETER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-CAN OR OTHER LIQUID-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 493,877, dated March21, 1893. Application filedMay 23, 1892. Serial No. 434,099- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE A. SoHLUE- TER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of Oakland, Alameda county, State ofCalifornia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomatic Cut-Offs for Faucets of Oil-Cans and other Liquid-Receptacles,of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to permit the withdrawal of liquids fromlarge receptacles such as cans, tanks orbarrcls into smaller vessels orreceptacles without overflow and waste; and to such end and object itconsists in the construction and combination of parts as hereinafterdescribed, producing an automatic cut-oil. thatis applicable to manyreceptacles and packages in which liquids of different kinds are put upfor transportation and use. It is particularly useful for drawing otfcoal-oil from the original can or barrel into lamps or small cans, butit is also well adapted and can be readily applied fordrawing offliquids from tanks and barrels into smaller vessels.

The following description explains the nature of the said invention, andthe mannerin which I proceed to construct and apply, the same; referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing that forms part of thisspecificationz-and which illustrates my invention applied to a can orpackage such as thosein which oil and some liquids are put up formarket; and the same represents an airtight package of such kind in sideelevation, with the wall or side of the can broken away at the bottom toexpose the inside construction.

A indicates the can or package, containing a liquid to be drawn off inlarger or smaller quantities from time to time.

B is a faucet ora draw-off outlet controlled by a plug.

0 is a tube with a small bore open at both ends and so placed and fixedin position on the outside of the can that its top end is open to theatmosphere outside the can but its lower end opens into the body ofliquid in the can. If placed or formed on the outside as represented inthe drawing, the tube communicates with the interior space of the canthrough an aperture 0 in the wall. The aperture 0 at the bottom of thetube opening into the can should stand about on a level with the outletend or nose of the faucet and the tube extends-from that point upward tothe top of the can. The opposite end C of the tube is open to theatmosphere to expose the column of liquid standing in the tube toatmospheric pressure, but all other openings are tightly closed to keepthe pressure from the surface of the main body of liquid.

It will readily be understood that in the operation of the device whenthe level of the liquid running into a vessel X held under the openfaucet covers the nose of the faucet and reaches to the level of theopening 0 the further flow of liquid will be cut oif and the vesselcannot overflow as long as it is held at that point until the faucet isshut.

It will be evident that my invention is applicable to casks, barrels andother liquid holding packages from which the contents are to be drawnoff into smaller vessels.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is v 1. The combination with a can, barrel, orpackage containing liquid to be drawn-off into small vessels orreceptacles, of a draw-off faucet and a tube open to the liquid at oneend about at the level of the draw-off outlet, and

at the opposite end open to the'atmosphere above the level of the liquidin the package, substantially as described for operation as set forth.

2. The combination with a can or other-liquid-holding package closed tothe atmosphere from which the contents are to be drawn ofi through aplug or faucet, of the tube 0 communicating with the confined liquid ator near the bottom and with the atmosphere outside above the level ofthe confined liquid, as described.

In testimony that 'I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

THEODORE A. SCHLUETER. [L. s] Witnesses:

W. R. THOMAS, EDWARD E. OsBoRN.

